Moon Phases
This is when the moon is not visible from Earth at all.
What is the New Moon.
It means to spin on its axis.
What is rotation.
This natural phenomenon divides the year into four parts due to Earth’s tilt.
What are seasons?
A calendar based on the phases of the moon.
Fall, Summer, Winter and Spring
What are the 4 seasons.
This moon phase looks like a fully lit circle.
What is the Full Moon.
The Earth's orbit around the Sun, taking approximately 365.25 days to complete one cycle.
What is revolution.
The day with the most daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
This is when we say goodbye to winter and hello to spring. It is on March 21st
What and when is the Spring Equinox.
23.5 Degrees
Earths tilt on its axis.
The full moon cycle takes about this long.
What is 29.5 days.
This eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.
What is a Lunar Eclipse.
The day with equal daylight and darkness.
What is an equinox?
This is the official start of summer and it is on June 21st
What and when is Summer Solstice.
A group of stars that form patterns in the sky.
What is a constellation.
When the moon goes through all 8 phases in the 4 week orbit.
What is the Lunar Cycle.
These colorful lights appear when solar particles collide with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.
What are Auroras?
The two types of solstices are these.
What are the summer and winter solstices?
This is a natural object in space that orbits a planet and does not produce its light.
What is a moon.
When the moon passes in between the Sun and Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse.
Half of the Moon's face is lit, and it's the right half. This phase is one-quarter of the way through the lunar month.
What is the First Quarter Moon.
24 hours
This happens around March and September and marks the start of spring and fall.
What is an Equinox?
Traditional hunters observe celestial clues to predict animal behaviour and this.
What is migration.
8
The number of moon phases.